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    Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.  - Henry David Thoreau
     

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    AAWA Summer Juried Exhibit
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jun 16, 2019
    • 1 min

    AAWA Summer Juried Exhibit

    The Ann Arbor-based AAWA will hold its summer exhibit at the Riverside Arts Center in Ypsilanti, Michigan, from July 5th through July 26t...
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    Pastel Painting: Hoh Rainforest
    Bob Palmerton
    • Mar 31, 2019
    • 1 min

    Pastel Painting: Hoh Rainforest

    The Hoh Rainforest is a temperate rainforest located in Olympic National Park. This painting is part of my PNW (Pacific Northwest) pastel...
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    StudioSense: Fake Painting Tips
    Bob Palmerton
    • Sep 15, 2018
    • 2 min

    StudioSense: Fake Painting Tips

    This blog article is an update to one published in March of 2018. The final version of the painting "Woodland Waltz" is posted at the bo...
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    StudioSense: Seeing the Lake through the Trees
    Bob Palmerton
    • Mar 24, 2018
    • 3 min

    StudioSense: Seeing the Lake through the Trees

    Hiking in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan last November, I cam across this varied collection of trees: Since the photo above is rather b...
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    New Pastel Painting - "Wind Chill"
    Bob Palmerton
    • Feb 17, 2018
    • 1 min

    New Pastel Painting - "Wind Chill"

    Inspired by a cold late November afternoon on Michigan's Upper Peninsula, "Wind Chill" is a 21x27 inch pastel painting on Uart sanded pap...
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    StudioSense - The Balancing Act
    Bob Palmerton
    • Feb 3, 2018
    • 2 min

    StudioSense - The Balancing Act

    Compositions can be enhanced through a variety of techniques. I like to think abut composition from two perspectives: first, the placeme...
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    Painting Technique: Capturing the Glow of Winter
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jan 15, 2018
    • 2 min

    Painting Technique: Capturing the Glow of Winter

    Rolling Hills County Park in Ypsilanti, Michigan maintains 3 miles of groomed cross-country skiing trails. I've enjoyed skiing and gaini...
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    Pastel Painting: Ski Jump
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jan 11, 2018
    • 1 min

    Pastel Painting: Ski Jump

    Snow has finally arrived in Southeast Michigan (and most of the northern US)! This painting was inspired by a cross-country skiing ventu...
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    Pastel Technique: Adding a "Misty" look to the Landscape
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jan 4, 2018
    • 2 min

    Pastel Technique: Adding a "Misty" look to the Landscape

    Creating distance in a landscape is often achieved by muting the color as you near the horizon. You can also create a misty look to conv...
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    Painting Technique: Defining Your Style
    Bob Palmerton
    • Dec 23, 2017
    • 2 min

    Painting Technique: Defining Your Style

    Accomplished artists have a distinct "style" about their work. At the Chicago Pastel Painters Biennial National Juried Exhibition, my aw...
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    Pastel Painting Technique: Capturing the Sandy Beach
    Bob Palmerton
    • Dec 1, 2017
    • 2 min

    Pastel Painting Technique: Capturing the Sandy Beach

    Time to start reminiscing about summer as the cold, dark days of winter emerge. My current project in "Bay Boats," inspired by the scene ...
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    "Ski Tracks" heads to Chicago
    Bob Palmerton
    • Oct 3, 2017
    • 1 min

    "Ski Tracks" heads to Chicago

    I am pleased to announce that my painting "Ski Tracks" has been accepted at the Sixth Biennial National Juried Open Exhibition, Pastels C...
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    New Painting: Cross-Country Skiing in June
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jul 8, 2017
    • 1 min

    New Painting: Cross-Country Skiing in June

    The final version of Ski Tracks. Additional work on the shadows and scattered leaves in the snow capped off an enjoyable journey from un...
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    Painting Technique: Composition
    Bob Palmerton
    • May 22, 2017
    • 2 min

    Painting Technique: Composition

    Working on the Teton painting. Here is the initial version following creation of the underpainting and initial application of pastel: In...
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    Pastel Technique - Watercolor Underpainting
    Bob Palmerton
    • May 20, 2017
    • 2 min

    Pastel Technique - Watercolor Underpainting

    Here's the latest version of "Ski Tracks." The composition is established to invite the viewer to follow the tracks toward the horizon. I...
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    Pastel Technique - Watercolor Underpainting
    Bob Palmerton
    • May 15, 2017
    • 2 min

    Pastel Technique - Watercolor Underpainting

    Here's the latest version of "Ski Tracks." The composition is established to invite the viewer to follow the tracks toward the horizon. I...
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